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Discipline concerning the application of advanced analytical methods
Operations research, often shortened to the initialism OR, is a branch of applied mathematics that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve management and decision-making. The term management science is occasionally used as a synonym. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Operations researchA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: 50 years of warehousing research—An operations research perspectiveInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Operations ManagementThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalizationCited 10,602 times
- Go sideways: Management scienceA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Fred W. GloverA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization
Is operations research really research?
Operations Research Transforms Baosteel’s Operations
Navy Operations Research
Research to Operations Paired With Operations to Research
Operations Research
Operations Research
Operations Management/Operations Research Web Sites
🆕 Influential since 2022
50 years of warehousing research—An operations research perspective
Optimizing container terminal operations: a systematic review of operations research applications
Carbon neutrality: Operations management research opportunities
Fifty Years of Operations Research in Defense
Fifty years of reliability in operations research
đź“š Books worth reading
Operations ManagementLee J. Krajewski · 1987
ManagementStephen P. Robbins · 1984
Operations managementJay H. Heizer, Jay Heizer · 1999
An introduction to probability theory and its applicationsWilliam Feller, William Feller · 1950
Introduction to operations researchFrederick S. Hillier · 1967
An introduction to management scienceDavid Ray Anderson · 1976
Operations researchMichael W Carter, Michael W. Carter · 2000
Introduction to probability modelsSheldon M. Ross · 1972
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